National awards for women and minority trainees
- AAN Diversity Leadership Program - applications open
- AAN Diversity Initiatives - including Leadership for Women and other subcommittes and task forces.
- BRAIN Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity
- HHMI Hannah H. Gray Fellows Program
- L'Oréal USA Women in Science Program
- NIH: Enhancing Diversity in Training Programs
- RWJF Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
- Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
Jeanne Paz, PhD won the 2019 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for uncovering the neural basis of epileptic seizures, and for demonstrating possible methods of predicting and arresting seizures. The Vilcek Prize is awarded to immigrants whose work is of significant consequence to both their individual fields and to American society. The prize spotlights the critical importance of foreign-born innovation to national advancement.
UCSF grants and other resources
- Center for Aging in Diverse Communities Scientist Program
- Office of Diversity and Outreach listing of diversity grants
- Office of Diversity and Outreach listing of health disparities grants
- RAP: Community Partnership Supplement
The UCSF School of Medicine's Strategic Plan Action Group on Community Partnerships is supporting a pilot of a RAP Community Partnership Supplement, where a SOM PI1 or PI2 can propose a community engagement component to their RAP research proposal. Two eligible awarded RAP applications will be selected to receive an additional $15,000 (at least half the funding needs to be dedicated to the community partner), based on evaluation of a community engagement component by the Community Partnerships Team. This component can be optionally added as a section in the proposal portion of your RAP application. Note that the RAP submission is September 23rd at 2 p.m. (PST).) - RAP: SOS for Underrepresented Faculty
- RAP: Family Support Awards
NIH diversity supplements
Per NIH guidelines, an under-represented minority in biomedical research includes:
- The following racial and ethnic groups: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, Hawaiian Natives, and natives of the US Pacific Islands.
- Individuals with disabilities, who are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment
- Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (coming from a family with an annual income below established low-income thresholds.)
More helpful information about NIH diversity supplements is available from CTSI.